Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Letter to the Editor
Mushrooming of Muslim outfits
In the backdrop of withdrawal of support
to Congress coalition government in Andhra Pradesh by MIM (Majlise Ittehadul
Muslameen), that threatened the state government which has come into minority,
the use of the new term for Muslim assertion: Mushrooming of Muslim outfits, by
Congress General Secretary, Digvijay Singh, points to a new phase in Muslim
politics in India. Not confined to Andhra Pradesh, the movement to float new
Muslim led political parties all over the country in different states, poses a
grave threat to Congress as a ‘national’ party that could rule in the centre,
with support from its own tally of Members of Parliament and from coalition
partners, as all such Muslim political parties – derogatorily and contemptuously
branded by Digvijay Singh as ‘OUTFITS’, are directly eroding the Congress
Muslim vote bank, that had assured Congress continuous supremacy in the pecking
order of political parties. Though the trend is still in its infancy, the
results, say in Uttar Pradesh, where Muslim parties, had registered an
impressive showing, as the formula of inclusiveness, now borrowed by these new comers
from Congress itself, is giving the
Muslim outfit across the board support from all communities. These political
parties, are fully aware of the power of mixed constituencies, and are ready to
offer tickets to other community members, who represent majority vote bank in
their local constituencies. Since it is only the beginning, all such Muslim
political parties have more flexibility than the two Brahminical bigwigs, who
are reluctant to share power with others. Muslim political parties have no such
hang-ups. They know the limits of their voting power, and now concentrating on
wheeling and dealing first to destruct the vote banks of other parties, and
later build up their own distinct identities. Congress and BJP, the two
Brahminical outfits that proudly present themselves as natural party of
governance to rule India, are now finding a new entrant with some past
reference to rule and govern India and that too in a more celebratory secular
ethos than that practiced by the both the Brahminical exclusivist outfits.
Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai
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